Nerdiest Nine

You see, I had quite the predicament. I had a CPA exam on Monday, but I also needed to get an 8 mile run in.

How could I justify running for over an hour and half, plus driving time to get to my favorite running spot, plus shower time, plus the inevitable post long run nap?! Well, I did something that I’m not necessarily proud of. But, it got the job done….

Yup, I recorded myself saying the audit opinions and put them on my ipod. I listened to it for about a half hour of my run, and then I switched over to music because I was going absolutely nuts.

But, I felt a lot less bad about giving up an entire morning to running instead of studying. (Though I’m not sure how I can justify apartment hunting online all afternoon…hmm…)

Anyway, my run was pretty difficult. My legs would NOT listen, they felt like dead weight and just wouldn’t move. Just before mile 7 I took a walking break, I was so sluggish and I knew a walking break was just what I needed. For the last mile or so I ran/walk. Then I decided to tack on one more mile of run/walking just for the hell of it. I did 9.03 in total. I’d say 8.4 ish of that was running. Not too bad. The splits:

Mile 1:

10:23

Mile 2:

10:36

Mile 3:

10:44

Mile 4:

11:05

Mile 5:

10:45

Mile 6:

11:09

Mile 7:

13:14

Mile 8:

10:50

Mile 9:

12:23

0.03

0:31

I’ll take it! And pretty much no foot pain. As of today, the physical therapist says Thursday should be my last day of physical therapy! Yahoo!

In other “real world” news…I’m officially apartment hunting! Pretty excited about that! And I’m taking a hiatus from studying, which I am even more excited about! Now I’m off to see friends!